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Patrick Howell O'Neill

Patrick Howell O’Neill is a cybersecurity reporter for CyberScoop based in San Francisco.

Articles by Author

Twitter — (Pexels)

Twitter API bug leaked private data to other accounts

Technology

(Getty Images)

Operator of ‘VirusTotal for criminals’ gets 14-year prison sentence

Government

iron group — (Getty)

Chinese-speaking cybercrime group launches destructive malware family

Technology

Photo: Frederic Bisson

Zero-day in popular video surveillance technology goes public, unpatched

Technology

kodi malware — A Kodi add-on repo was found to be mining Monero. (Getty)

Cryptojacking campaign targets add-ons for popular streaming app Kodi

Threats

cyber resilience — (CyberScoop)

Well-known Middle Eastern hacking group keeps updating its arsenal

Government

(Marc Treble / Flickr)

Latvian hacker sentenced to 33 months in prison for scareware scheme

Government

(Getty Images)

Russian hacker pleads guilty for role in massive botnet schemes

Geopolitics

Executive order creates system for ‘automatic’ sanctions on foreigners interfering with U.S. elections

Government